Film Review: “The Social Reckoning”

White, Madison worth watching in Sorkin’s engaging second Facebook story 

Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff (Jeremy Allen White) and Facebook engineer-turned-whistleblower Frances (Mikey Madison) examine some documents.

If you feel like you’re spending too much time on social media these days, go see The Social Reckoning. You’ll leave the theater wanting to delete your accounts immediately. Writer/director Aaron Sorkin, a filmmaker not exactly known for subtlety, gives us another absorbing power-to-the-people rebuke of people and institutions that have made us worse, not better, as a society.  Continue reading “Film Review: “The Social Reckoning””

Film Feature: Carrie’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The end of the year of course means Top 10 lists! Here are my ten favorite films of 2024 (and four honorable mentions). Oscar nominations follow in just a few weeks, on Friday,  January 17th. Stay tuned to see if Oscar voters share my thinking. And be sure to also check out fellow SP Film Critic Chad’s Top 20 list here.  In the meantime–see you back in the cinema in 2025!

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Film Review: “Anora”

Baker’s latest proves one of the year’s best

Ivan (Mark Eidelshtein) and Anora (Mikey Madison) have a good time.

 Filmmaker Sean Baker first gained acclaim with his 2015 iPhone-filmed indie Tangerine. He continued his ascent with the equally well-received The Florida Project (2017) and Red Rocket (2021). Now, with his new movie Anora, writer/director Baker may finally find himself on the receiving end of an Oscar, for screenplay, directing, picture, or even all three. And his leading lady, Mikey Madison, is bound to earn an acting nomination for her incomparable performance as the titular Anora.

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